Government, through the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), is converting the Cocobod Scholarships Scheme, which operated at the Senior High School level, into scholarships at the tertiary level.
The decision comes in the wake of the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School programme, which caters for the tuition, feeding, accommodation, books and uniforms - some of which were covered by the scholarship.
Thus, children of cocoa farmers, who previously enjoyed Cocoa Scholarships Scheme, will now enjoy scholarships at the tertiary level, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced.
Dr Bawumia, who is also Flagbearer of the NPP, made the disclosure on Friday, 8 November, 2024 while speaking at Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region during the celebration of this year's Farmers Day.
